54 leaves [that is, 1 unnumbered leaf, 104 unnumbered pages] ; 21 cm
Manuscript
Title from title page of commercial producer's (Dawson Brothers, Montreal) notebook which is ruled and supplied with dated sections divided by red ruled lines.; cornerpieces on title page; printed calendar for the year 1869 on front pastedown
Written in a legible hand but rather careless in black ink on ruled pages; slip (11 cm X 19 cm) printed in red and black, from a delivery of flowers to F. G. Des Rivières at Des Rivières Station from Theo S. Harris at 130 Tremont Street in Boston, inserted between pages 42 and 43; unused pages at back of notebook have been torn out
Marie-Angélique Birranger was the wife of Henri Desrivières (1804-1865), the son of François Amable Desrivières (1764-1830), principal heir of James McGill. Henri Desrivières was a seigneur of Montarville and a political figure in Canada Est who represented Verchères in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1841
Former call number: CH1.S37 (9)
The diary describes social, family and economic life in Montreal and Stanbridge, Québec from 1 January 1869 to 31 December 1869. There are also many comments about the weather and the author's health
Copy in McGill University's Rare Books and Special Collections, Manuscript Collection: commercially quarter bound black leather, dark green cloth over boards, gilt title on cover, marbled edges
